meniño

See also: menino and Meniño

Galician

Meniños

Alternative forms

• miniño

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese menỹo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) of uncertain origin. Cognate with Portuguese menino (which see for further information).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈniɲo̝/

Noun

meniño m (plural meniños, feminine meniña, feminine plural meniñas)

1. infant; kid;
   • Luke 18:15-17:

     E levábanlle tamén os meniños para que os tocase. Pero os discípulos rifábanlles. Entón Xesús chamounos e dixo: ‑Deixade que os nenos se acheguen a min: non llelo privedes, porque dos que son coma eles é o Reino de Deus.

     People were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them; and when the disciples saw it, they sternly ordered them not to do it. But Jesus called for them and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs.

   Synonym: cativo

2. boy

   Synonym: neno

3. (in the plural) children

   Synonym: nenos

4. little finger

Related terms

• Meniño (a surname)
• meniñeiro

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “menin”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “meniño” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.